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ji jla.xj v-vâ‚¬jlx vjr_lj_j_acjl f f jl lv^j_j_xxj_cxx a vol xi third series salisbury n c march 11 1889 no 2 1 1\iq carolina watchman established in the year 1832 iui mt-so in advance rontf.act advertising rates 0 * pbbkuaby 20 1880 . mil 2 m's :; m's <; m's 12 m's : i ."', i i *" 5 26 7.50 12.00 i .â€¢â– e 00 so 11.00 1...00 b.00 . 7.m f.nii 13.50 18.00 1.50 9.75 11.25 10.50 25.0.1 ' â– â– ',;, 11.85 16.75 20.50 25.50 40.00 do 18.71 maa :;.:.::. 48.75 15.00 ggvÂ£:v ----- v-va-_â€žv id f hi vrh _â€¢' e3 v c h " \ r,,r . r,v f icnidoi mtlima troop wi :.< iffh and all diseases of t-roiin i y it â– ,!,;. .,!.': t lufiluncd fl v pel ie 1 \ j t'.e disease and pretents tbe ui lit it m 3 ; .:.:'_â€¢ uniblo ir.nlady li la only . ;.:_<;â– t rl ;.*. rem und hall's balsa utiial rem ... iiovt despair op relief for this benum sptoific frill cure ycu tu'u thou ' â€¢ fails r **- 1 ft s tiie most port 7 1 .!;/(â– ..' c 'â– '-â€¢' - jltnry's crrli-i ' '/,-; burns ii ... 1 ( nrhol 0 so /;. ur â€¢â€¢' â€¢â€¢ ' nrbtili fin â– . â– â– jitti's un â€¢ " â€¢ ' â– . 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beholds new laurels for thy soul to win mar not its grace by slothfulness or sin n'or sad away send it to yesterday wedn i sday half-way unto to the end lhe week's high noon i|0 iiioriiing lioiiis do sliced away so soon ! and when the notiu is reached however bright ln-lii.hiv.'ly we look toward the i.iyl.t iln glow is lost uuee the meridian crost ; thursday s"'*'71 il week has sjied bast thou a lviciid '" speud an hour in converse it will lend w beauty tu tby labors and thy life j p'liise ii little sometimes iu tiie suite toil sooii seems rude fiat i is no interlude 1 kill v r feasts abstain ; be temperate and ,. . pray ; ut u an ii wn . lii(i xrl throughout .. hie day jvv-t i sllÂ»or and no duty shirk ; '"' n.iiiiy hours are left thee for thy work ami it were meet i all should be complete s a t 1 1 1 d a v 1 almosl finished task make tl.e uiglil tli i liasl no time to waste ints and let thy soul's eyes 1 ink find errors in life's ledger-book j)1 lalioi-s cease howrwcel ti.e sense of peace ! ii heeler . in chicuqo tiiiilllir mabel's choice by a f a feb 20 â€” send me pictures of your â– daily life and sketches of the new '' people you have around you â€” pen pictures in your realistic style to brighten the dullness of mv hermit life so you wrote in your last letter j dear christine and 1 fell in the mood ! to obey you now while i sit waiting in my best dress of quaker drab and watching the animated picture be fore inc let me tell you something of this family in which i have found my vo cation as governess it consists of colonel l'estrange his wife their beautiful daughter inez may and lean my two little charges and most interesting of all mabel clay ton a niece of colonel l'estrange who makes this her home this girl is a study outwardly as calm and placid as thc lake we saw last summer during our visit to the mountain but ; like that lake with unfathomed depths in iht nature anil with a power to oppose herself against desti : ny as those smooth waves could rise and battle with the storm this at least is my estimate of mabel clay ton i 1 lie l'estranges are very rich and entertain both pleasantly and hand somely their visitors tire numer ous but may lean and i arc seldom more than lookers-on as we are ex pected to take very little part in the household gayeties i am however often with tlic family in the evening | with my habit of closely observing everything that is passing i may find something to amuse and interest i you in your loneyness mrs l'estrange thinks but little ' of anything save the society in which i she moves the house at present is in great commotion for inez's eigh teenth birth-night is lo lie celebrated ; by a graud party the guests have ; not y.t commenced to arrive i am ' not expected to take part in the gave ' iv of the occasion as i am not so young as 1 once was the girls arc 1 looking splendidly to-night i have not y.t described them to you inezisaj perfect type of my favorite style of beauty â€” golden hair and large soft brown eves she is arrayed in white silk with white illusion fulling in graceful folds over it emeralds sparkle in their ears and on her snowy neck and arms these and japonicas form her only ornaments mabel is a queenly-looking girl â€” , | dark-brown hair and eyes and splen '' j did figure she is dressed in some soft silken material embroidered with sheaves of golden wheat the dress is becoming to her bright pictures â€¢. iue beautv i i must stop now to look after may j and jean who arc all anxiety to be ! taken into the parlor and i will have to go down with them twelve o'clock p m.â€”l have just j come up from thc mirth music and j dancing not participating in the amusement i had fair opportunity of ! observing all that occurred of all j the gay throng there was none to â€¢ compare with mabel tliere was some i more beautiful many more handsome j lv dressed ; but tliere was about her ' that jc a sals quoi as the french , express it which others lacked among the gentlemen 1 noticed one on whom i am sure my eyes j would not have rested i second ex cept for his attentions to mabel he j seemed to be a man of forty-five or j fifty years â€” very gentlemanly in ap ! pearance but nothing more the girl ; received iis attentions very kindly â€” j indeed seemed to exert herself toap j pear interested i inquired of the lady ! with whom i was talking who he ! oil the gentleman with miss ( avion ? lie is mr clair the catch ' - 1 of the season i le has quite a story of his own his mother married in vio lent opposition to her father's wishes a mau far beneath her socially and the family never again recognized â– her as one oi them iler brother ' who inherited his father's wealth died recently intestate and all of his enormous fortune came to mr clair as heir-at-law before this he had been quite poor my informant was a very comma nicative individual and more than this she would have told had not the little girls come for me to take them up to bed i am tired now and will i . write no more for the present march 14 â€” i have not written for a long while my dear but i am sure ' you will excuse me when you hear the j cause of my silence the day after the party which was rpiite a success mrs l'estrange requested me to take my work into mabel's room and sit with her as she was quite sick i of course went i found the poor girl with a high fever very excited and restless 1 tried to soothe her and succeeded for she soon feel into a quiet slumber for days she has been confined toher room with mc for her constant com j panion when not engaged with may and jean mrs l'estrange is too much engaged with inez either to think or ! care much ivbout mabel she seems to fear her darling will be eclipsed by i this niece of her husband's i have j found out how this girl is situated she is one of several daughter of col | l'jvtrangevonly sister who is a widow and extremely poor the col onel kindly took the oldest girl to his j home he who yields to his wife in most things would not be influenced by her against this step and treats mabel as he does his own children j nothwithstandtng her home is not pleasant while her aunt is too lady j like to be really rude yet there are ; many little ways in which she is made to feel she is not on the footing of a i daughter in the liouse during her sickness and convales j cence many were the tropical fruits j and flowers sent by her numerous ad ; niirers mr clair's being excelled by ; none in their profusion i noticed that i daily from the gayer and more costly , flowers a little bunch of geranum j leaves and lily of the valley were chose and kept near her when her . eyes rested on these a soft and tender { light would fill them and a sweet sad smile would play around her exprcs i sive mouth compliments of edgar : vance was written on the card ac companying the flowers wliich gave i such pleasure may 25 â€” now that mabel is well j again the family are about to take their flight to the country they have a summer residence in the county of d , where they reside several months of the year it is their cus tom to entertain a number of their city friends during their sojourn at the heights which is their country house mr clair is one ofthe party who will be down after the family are settled in their new abode i hope mr vance will be ofthe number for it would be two bad if the poor fel low did not have an equal chance with mr clair in the race for which mabel will be the prize though the battle is not fo the strong nor the race to the swift yet money often wins the day and this young man has very little of it june 1 â€” here i am safely enscon ced at the heights where the soothing melody of swift running brooklets and singing birds make such pleasant contrasts to the heat noise and glare of the city two girls friends of inez came down with the family this evening the gentlemen visitors are expected â€” m clair and three sprigs of fashion after tea â€” 1 see from my window which opens on thc lawn mabel and mr clair walking to and fro in the moonlight i wonder if her thoughts are not with the absent one tiie morning after this moonlight | walk i noticed a set determined look about mabel's face which i did not at all like i am sure she has found her king but will she let him take possession of his throne in her heart mr clair bas proposed i understand but his suit has not been decided i am afraid she does not ay to lier self i can never give my hand where my heart can never be it is plain she has no heart to give him yel in spite of this fact it is very evident to me that she wiil give her hand to mr clair and why lie has ihe almighty dollar the struirtxlo has been going on for gome time her heart asserting its claims and pleading for its love on the one side and a desire to be raised above ! the daily care of poverty not her ' own but that of her mother on the other how many how very many end the struggle by being unfaithful | to themselvees and their love ! if mr | vance was only rich â€” but alas ! he ' is poor you know in the world's estimation an empty pocket is tho worst of crimes thursday night â€” this morning ' while at the table a ring was heard j and mr vance was ushered in i ; watched mabel closely to see if she ! would betray any agitation for an instant only she lost self-control and became deadly pale but when his greeting with the others was over she stepped forward with extended hand and smilingly welcomed him in the evening the young folks started oil for a ride mr vance and mabel taking the lead s;.on after this i went out for my usual evening stroll i took a secluded path which led to a beautiful hill whose summit was crowned with a grove the trees of which were garlanded with wood bine i determined to rest a while before retracing my steps i had been here only a few moments when i saw through the foliage mabel an.l her young lover they must have left their horses in order to see the beauti ful view of the surrounding country which was to be seen from this eleva tion i was an unintentional listener to all that was said poor fellow he was pleading with all the ardor of youth for her love she listening with downcast eyes and trembling lips to the out pouring of that passionate avowal which had she been true to her heart would have made her hap piness when he paused for an an swer she was silent twice she tried to speak but her tongue refused to perform its functions speak to me !" i heard him say ; speak â€” tell me you are mine and mine alone â€” that my fears are ground less â€” that you do not intend to give yourself to that man for his money oh say i have not been presumptu ous in hoping you love me xo she replied with the calm ness of despair no you have not been presumptuous for edgar i love you at this he started forward his face radiant with love and joy ami would have clasped her to his heart but her stop uttered in chilling tones re pulsed him i have not told you all she con tinued i love you and think this confession is due you yet i intend to do the thing you feared â€” do it tiiat i may free my mother and sisters from the iron clutch of poverty from the pangs of hunger and cold â€” doit that i may escape the daily heart-ache of knowing their condition edgar do not judge mc harshly â€” here her voice broke down â€” do not think his wealth would repay tne for all i lose in giving you np for iny heart is wrung with anguish if i had only myself to consider a life with you would be my crowning joy â€” without you i shall never be happy except in trying to make others so in vain he tried to convince her that her mother would never let her make this sacrifice she will never know it was her reply then he told her of the great wrong she was doing herself and him â€” noth ing could change her decision let me kiss you only once before wc part my darling for you are mine though you marry that other it cannot be she said ; it would be wronging the man i must marry but their hands were clasped and the eyes of each poured iloods of love into the soul ofthe other 1 left them my heart very sorrow ful for these two who with hearts united must live their lives apart the lovers were the last to reach home mr vance could not be in duced to enter the house and left for the city by the next train all is over with vance pour fel low some one remarked just then 1 saw a very satisfied look il ish into mr clair's face mabel who had gone directly to her room came down to tea looking a trifle paler but in other respects the same as usual again she and mr clair went out into the moonlight when she came in a handsome diamond sparkled on her finger and i knew her doom was sealed sept â€” i bave been too sad recent j iy to write for it is heartrending to ! see this girl trying to conceal her sor ; row she succeeded well bnt i who , have had a glance behind the scenes , \ can see the mighty effort she is mak ing she has certainly made mr clair happy his whole heart seems to be : given her and his devotion is rare october â€” the family have return ! ed to their city home and mabel i.s married she insisted that thc mar ! riage should take place from her ; mother's humble home everything was done in the most quiet manner : it was her desire that it shotid be so she has returned from her bridal tour and when i took the little girls i to see cousin mabel to whom they ' art devoted i found her surrounded : by every luxury which wealth could procure and which love delights to lavish upon its beloved she has ac complished her end the day after their marriage her husband settled an annuity on mrs clayton which lifts her far above pressing wants but i.s the woman who bartered her loye for gold happy ? remember when you judge her that it was not for herself she did this thing but for others mr vance is rapidly advancing in his profession and will soon rank among our first lawyers if she had only waited news items seymour on the third term during the day governor seymour strayed into the main vestibule of bragg's hotel and was conversed with for a few minutes by your correspondent the distinguished gentleman looked remarkably well but could not be drawn into political discussion he evidently wished to tight shy of the en tangling alliances of party warfare agri cull ure the wonderful growth of the uni ted states and kindnd topics was discus sed with the eloquence so characteristic of the ex-governor but the trouble of the democratic party or the remedies to be ap plied seemed to be a forbidden ground upon which he did not care to enter he made the assertion however that the democrats were likely to wait and ascertain what their opponents were likely to do before taking the aggressive in the national campaign and also expressed the opinion that harmony and union would soon be brought about he also asserted that the republicans did not want a positive man in the presidential chair the history of the organization hav ing proved that fact conclusively while dealing with such a point it might be infer red from the governor's remarks that he did not look upon the ex-president's chances ofa third nomination as being at all bright the republicans being likely to take up a candidate that would harmonize and suit all classes and factions within their ranks the strong-man idea received at his hands a castigation in the remark the people must control the government and not the government the people business interest is the great lever that guides the country and dictates the policy wc have more talent and genious in the united states now than in any country on the face oft he globe alluding to the political history of the ex president he said i the ex-president was i democrat and voted for buchanan for president albany dispatch to the n y herald grant has illinois too wash correspondent rleuinond dispatch the information received here from il linois by other republicans besides cen logan is to the effect that graut has se cured the machinery in that state as he did pennsylvania and xew york aud his friends really talk as if they were certain of his nomination while democrats who have been afraid thai blaine with his im mense personal popularity would win at chicago are highly gratified at the situa tion they assert t hat grant can never get the german vote while sherman or blaine can and that hence grant can be more easily beaten than anybody else â€” many lhoughtf.il democrat and anti grant republicans however profess to see tr able in his candidacy and some go so far as to say that it means revolution for that wether elected or defeated he will seek to take possession ol thc white house voice of thk people â€” during our recent trip to fayetteville curiosity led us to ascertain the opinion of thc people with whom we came in contact ou the ; question of the sale of the western n c railroad from raleigh to fayetteville and retain we did noi meet a man who was not in favor of selling or giving away the road at fayetteville we found the same feeling sheriff hardie an intelli gent painstaking officer informed us that for some time pas lie had canvassed the qnestion amongst all classes and found bat one man opposed to the rale and this is the general experience of gentle men with whom we daily converse the state jouriud 1 the southern home publishes the foi | i lowing letter : john hopkins uxivf.rsitv baltimore md feb l lt*?o the university now in its fourth year has 150 students one half of whom have i graduated elsewhere thirty-nine ainer j icau colleges and seven foreign universi ties the universities of france london heidleberg leipsic and gottiugen being included are represented by graduate student howard lnis the largest repre ! sentation live then yale university of ! virginia and davidson come next with four each among undergraduates thero i is a student from bingham's aud one from the hillsboro military academy finan cially the university is absolutely inde pendent having together with the hop kins hospital seven millions twenty | fellowships f$500 are awarded annually to enable students to prosecute their stud ies here these are not confined to mem bers of the university but are open to i the world one of the fellows is a lady from vassar who mirdbile dicta is iu the mathematical department a russian and a jap also hold fellowship besides the students mentioned quite a number of students from tlic two medical colleges situated here attend the lectures on l'.i ology and seven medical doctors are en j rolled as full members several courses of lectures are delivered each year in â€¢ hopkins hall under the auspices of the j university the subjects of which vary from the structure of the crab and < ys ster to sanscrit hymns yours respecfully w s moore the bankrupt law the sub-com mittee of the house committee on tlio judiciary to whom was referred for in vestigation and report the subject of a national bankrupt law are hearing sugges tionsas tothe featuresof the proposed law some of these are that the lawshould be as compared with the former law â€” more simple in its machinery more uniform in its operation and lessexpensivetotho.se availing themselves of its provisions a further suggestion was made that certain acts should be made to constitute a prima facie case of fraud and that the burden of proof should be changed from the cred itor to the debtor the subject of home stead exemption was discussed and the point made that in many states the ex emption covered so huge an amount that creditors wero virtually powerless to col lect debts the better law for us all is that when a man makes a debt there will be no discharge except by its pay ment or compromise with the creditor trouble at the virginia military institute â€” a special from richmond va says that information has just been received there of the dismissal of 17 stu dents from the virginia military institute at lexington for disobedience of orders and for breaking arrest the dismissed students had requested gen francis ii smith the superintendent to grant them an additional suspension from duty to enable them to prepare for examination in descriptive geography which he re fused is he was on the point of leaving for staunton on a business visit the students refused to obey the commandant of tlic institute iu the superintendent's absence and were dismissed upon his re turn a few of the class declined to join the rebellion and three or four of those who did returned to duty the superin tendent had issued an order in the interest of discipline set i ing forth the facts in the whole affair the mutiny began on the j uh and the dissmissals followed prompt iy colored jurors washington march j a decision ivas rendered in the su preme court of the united states this af ternoon in the case of taylor strander plaintiff in error vs the state of west virginia the question involved was the constitutionality of the a^t of the wesl virginia legislature laws of iv 73 chap 17 excluding colored citizens from jury service in the courts of that state this court holds that when a colored cit izen is tried for his life by a jury from which citizens of his own race are by a state statute expressly ex hided he is de nied the equal protection of law guaran teed by the third clause of the 14th amend ment to the constitution and that the slate statute denying him such right is repugnant t said constitutional provis ion the judgment of the supreme court of appeals of west virginia is reversed justice strong delivered the opinion jus tices field and clifford dissenting a trippi.e marriage white water wis february 2'a twenty-seven years j ago on thursday there were horn into ! the family of wm marshall of this city j tripplets two boys and a girl all three j were married 011 thursday night in one ! ceremony by the rev g w wells and ' the three happy couples took the train for chicago dirt has been broken and the founda tion partly laid for the large cotton fac tory now under construction by the messrs oates of this city we rejoiceto see such improvements going np it ar ( gnes well for tbe future f charlotte and will give bread and employment to our idle poor southern home a valuable stone corundum mines in tlio south north carolina takes tlio lead sdi dtlflc am rican the name corunduni is applied to all crystal ize.l alumina it is the hardest mineral in the world except the diamond and when in the crystalline form ami transparent constitutes the oriental gems the sapphire ruby emerald topaz etc which are of great value sonic even ex ceeding the diamond because they aro more rare it is used for abrasive pur poses but as yet i sufficient quantity baa never been found in this country to take the place of emery it is much harder than emery performing the work iu less time corunduni occurs in the great crysolite belt extending from the southern part of virginia to middle alabama passing in a southwesterly direction through tho mountainous portion of north carolina in thc southwestern counties in the xan tahala range of mountains cue of the spurs of the bine ridge and laying on either side of buck creek a tributary of the tennessee at an elevation of from three to four thousand feet i i he so-called cullakenee corundum mine which has been considered tin huge deposit of co rundum in this country it covers an i area of three hundred acres this mine was purchased in april 1879 hy herman behr & co and bus been worked since may with whal success is not reported in macon county x (_'., on the western slope of the bine ridge at an elevation of about twenty-five hundred feet is co rundum hill formerly know as the cul lasagee mine this mine was discovered in i872jit was afterwards purchased by e 15 ward and worked for eighteen months l.y foi ('. w jenks of boston rumor says that gems of exceeding great value were taken out in inly 1878 this mine was purchased by i>r ii s lucas for the hampden emery company of chester mass they commenced mining august 20th and up to the present time they have taken out two hundred tons of corunduni ; also in washing some of tho dumps left there when worked by col jenks were found many fragments of tho oriental gem perfectly transparent aud of very great brilliancy among these i : an emerald weighing 0 carats and sev eral rubies ofthe fines color in the eastern part of jackson county xorth carolina at the foot of one of tho highest peaks of the blue ridge is what i.s termed the hog back mine this mine w;is operated for a limited season by tho hampden emery company northwest of the pigeon in haywood county xorth caroliua is still another deposit of corundum called the presley mine which has been worked since one year ago hist march in madison and near the buncombe county line iu the same state i.s an out cropping of chrysolite carrying corun duni which covers an erea of seventy-five acres and has been worked for the i lump den emery company forthe past season deposits of corunduni are also found in south carolina georgia and alabama a spark from a passing engine ignited a bale of cotton on the platform of the x 7 railroad on wednesday and a num ber of others soon caught but the burn ing cotton w;is rolled oil and the spread of the lire prevented though a strong wind was blow ing at the time thero was considerable excitement especially among those who remembered the conflag ration i few years ago which originated iit that place and destroyed 1.500 bales of cotton and a number of houses the southern home john burroughs in the march number of scribner says it is a fact in the natural history of il.e eountry that in tho south birds run more id beak and claw and in the west t tail than they do iu the north and east the beak and claw i take ii mean ferocity mean bowie knives and the ku kluz and th tail i im loth to say inc,.m bray the west is windy and the south is fierce and hot tiik sam i rn oi maiikiage the re cent encyclical of i'ope leo xiii against div uce is apparently exciting a profound reactionary sentiment in favor of the in dissoluble sanctity of marriage through out the entire christian world several emin ni protestaul divines of different denominations indorse its positions strcn j uously and pere hyacintlie stoutly advo cates it marriage he eloquently and truly savs i the full and perfect union of mau and woman ideal marriages are rare even impossible nevertheless wo must strive to tend toward il.e ideal-mar i riage this should imply love and puri i ty as twin flowers upon one stem all true love hopes and promises eternity clearly then indissolubility is the law of human uature i nity or monogamy des pite the corruptions of sail lake and the ' degradation of lower civilizations is also j i natural law it is necessary loth dig nity of woman aud inseparable from mar i'hige humanity is never bo beautiful as when ' praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another oliver wi ad ii holmes calls a kiss lisping consonant he should have add ed alse that it usually follows a row el - ditroit fret 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ji jla.xj v-vâ‚¬jlx vjr_lj_j_acjl f f jl lv^j_j_xxj_cxx a vol xi third series salisbury n c march 11 1889 no 2 1 1\iq carolina watchman established in the year 1832 iui mt-so in advance rontf.act advertising rates 0 * pbbkuaby 20 1880 . mil 2 m's :; m's > those who have been buried with lhe cures thai make iln nl hearl weary and tbe tired heart ache lie villi and resl uod's day of all is l.t tlir morning gleams an m outlay goes so goes tbe week dames say 1 refreshed relieved use well the initial i i'lv : and mc ! thy neighbor alrc.i.i tieeks bits labor tuesday another morning's banners arc unfurled another day looks smiling on the world it beholds new laurels for thy soul to win mar not its grace by slothfulness or sin n'or sad away send it to yesterday wedn i sday half-way unto to the end lhe week's high noon i|0 iiioriiing lioiiis do sliced away so soon ! and when the notiu is reached however bright ln-lii.hiv.'ly we look toward the i.iyl.t iln glow is lost uuee the meridian crost ; thursday s"'*'71 il week has sjied bast thou a lviciid '" speud an hour in converse it will lend w beauty tu tby labors and thy life j p'liise ii little sometimes iu tiie suite toil sooii seems rude fiat i is no interlude 1 kill v r feasts abstain ; be temperate and ,. . pray ; ut u an ii wn . lii(i xrl throughout .. hie day jvv-t i sllÂ»or and no duty shirk ; '"' n.iiiiy hours are left thee for thy work ami it were meet i all should be complete s a t 1 1 1 d a v 1 almosl finished task make tl.e uiglil tli i liasl no time to waste ints and let thy soul's eyes 1 ink find errors in life's ledger-book j)1 lalioi-s cease howrwcel ti.e sense of peace ! ii heeler . in chicuqo tiiiilllir mabel's choice by a f a feb 20 â€” send me pictures of your â– daily life and sketches of the new '' people you have around you â€” pen pictures in your realistic style to brighten the dullness of mv hermit life so you wrote in your last letter j dear christine and 1 fell in the mood ! to obey you now while i sit waiting in my best dress of quaker drab and watching the animated picture be fore inc let me tell you something of this family in which i have found my vo cation as governess it consists of colonel l'estrange his wife their beautiful daughter inez may and lean my two little charges and most interesting of all mabel clay ton a niece of colonel l'estrange who makes this her home this girl is a study outwardly as calm and placid as thc lake we saw last summer during our visit to the mountain but ; like that lake with unfathomed depths in iht nature anil with a power to oppose herself against desti : ny as those smooth waves could rise and battle with the storm this at least is my estimate of mabel clay ton i 1 lie l'estranges are very rich and entertain both pleasantly and hand somely their visitors tire numer ous but may lean and i arc seldom more than lookers-on as we are ex pected to take very little part in the household gayeties i am however often with tlic family in the evening | with my habit of closely observing everything that is passing i may find something to amuse and interest i you in your loneyness mrs l'estrange thinks but little ' of anything save the society in which i she moves the house at present is in great commotion for inez's eigh teenth birth-night is lo lie celebrated ; by a graud party the guests have ; not y.t commenced to arrive i am ' not expected to take part in the gave ' iv of the occasion as i am not so young as 1 once was the girls arc 1 looking splendidly to-night i have not y.t described them to you inezisaj perfect type of my favorite style of beauty â€” golden hair and large soft brown eves she is arrayed in white silk with white illusion fulling in graceful folds over it emeralds sparkle in their ears and on her snowy neck and arms these and japonicas form her only ornaments mabel is a queenly-looking girl â€” , | dark-brown hair and eyes and splen '' j did figure she is dressed in some soft silken material embroidered with sheaves of golden wheat the dress is becoming to her bright pictures â€¢. iue beautv i i must stop now to look after may j and jean who arc all anxiety to be ! taken into the parlor and i will have to go down with them twelve o'clock p m.â€”l have just j come up from thc mirth music and j dancing not participating in the amusement i had fair opportunity of ! observing all that occurred of all j the gay throng there was none to â€¢ compare with mabel tliere was some i more beautiful many more handsome j lv dressed ; but tliere was about her ' that jc a sals quoi as the french , express it which others lacked among the gentlemen 1 noticed one on whom i am sure my eyes j would not have rested i second ex cept for his attentions to mabel he j seemed to be a man of forty-five or j fifty years â€” very gentlemanly in ap ! pearance but nothing more the girl ; received iis attentions very kindly â€” j indeed seemed to exert herself toap j pear interested i inquired of the lady ! with whom i was talking who he ! oil the gentleman with miss ( avion ? lie is mr clair the catch ' - 1 of the season i le has quite a story of his own his mother married in vio lent opposition to her father's wishes a mau far beneath her socially and the family never again recognized â– her as one oi them iler brother ' who inherited his father's wealth died recently intestate and all of his enormous fortune came to mr clair as heir-at-law before this he had been quite poor my informant was a very comma nicative individual and more than this she would have told had not the little girls come for me to take them up to bed i am tired now and will i . write no more for the present march 14 â€” i have not written for a long while my dear but i am sure ' you will excuse me when you hear the j cause of my silence the day after the party which was rpiite a success mrs l'estrange requested me to take my work into mabel's room and sit with her as she was quite sick i of course went i found the poor girl with a high fever very excited and restless 1 tried to soothe her and succeeded for she soon feel into a quiet slumber for days she has been confined toher room with mc for her constant com j panion when not engaged with may and jean mrs l'estrange is too much engaged with inez either to think or ! care much ivbout mabel she seems to fear her darling will be eclipsed by i this niece of her husband's i have j found out how this girl is situated she is one of several daughter of col | l'jvtrangevonly sister who is a widow and extremely poor the col onel kindly took the oldest girl to his j home he who yields to his wife in most things would not be influenced by her against this step and treats mabel as he does his own children j nothwithstandtng her home is not pleasant while her aunt is too lady j like to be really rude yet there are ; many little ways in which she is made to feel she is not on the footing of a i daughter in the liouse during her sickness and convales j cence many were the tropical fruits j and flowers sent by her numerous ad ; niirers mr clair's being excelled by ; none in their profusion i noticed that i daily from the gayer and more costly , flowers a little bunch of geranum j leaves and lily of the valley were chose and kept near her when her . eyes rested on these a soft and tender { light would fill them and a sweet sad smile would play around her exprcs i sive mouth compliments of edgar : vance was written on the card ac companying the flowers wliich gave i such pleasure may 25 â€” now that mabel is well j again the family are about to take their flight to the country they have a summer residence in the county of d , where they reside several months of the year it is their cus tom to entertain a number of their city friends during their sojourn at the heights which is their country house mr clair is one ofthe party who will be down after the family are settled in their new abode i hope mr vance will be ofthe number for it would be two bad if the poor fel low did not have an equal chance with mr clair in the race for which mabel will be the prize though the battle is not fo the strong nor the race to the swift yet money often wins the day and this young man has very little of it june 1 â€” here i am safely enscon ced at the heights where the soothing melody of swift running brooklets and singing birds make such pleasant contrasts to the heat noise and glare of the city two girls friends of inez came down with the family this evening the gentlemen visitors are expected â€” m clair and three sprigs of fashion after tea â€” 1 see from my window which opens on thc lawn mabel and mr clair walking to and fro in the moonlight i wonder if her thoughts are not with the absent one tiie morning after this moonlight | walk i noticed a set determined look about mabel's face which i did not at all like i am sure she has found her king but will she let him take possession of his throne in her heart mr clair bas proposed i understand but his suit has not been decided i am afraid she does not ay to lier self i can never give my hand where my heart can never be it is plain she has no heart to give him yel in spite of this fact it is very evident to me that she wiil give her hand to mr clair and why lie has ihe almighty dollar the struirtxlo has been going on for gome time her heart asserting its claims and pleading for its love on the one side and a desire to be raised above ! the daily care of poverty not her ' own but that of her mother on the other how many how very many end the struggle by being unfaithful | to themselvees and their love ! if mr | vance was only rich â€” but alas ! he ' is poor you know in the world's estimation an empty pocket is tho worst of crimes thursday night â€” this morning ' while at the table a ring was heard j and mr vance was ushered in i ; watched mabel closely to see if she ! would betray any agitation for an instant only she lost self-control and became deadly pale but when his greeting with the others was over she stepped forward with extended hand and smilingly welcomed him in the evening the young folks started oil for a ride mr vance and mabel taking the lead s;.on after this i went out for my usual evening stroll i took a secluded path which led to a beautiful hill whose summit was crowned with a grove the trees of which were garlanded with wood bine i determined to rest a while before retracing my steps i had been here only a few moments when i saw through the foliage mabel an.l her young lover they must have left their horses in order to see the beauti ful view of the surrounding country which was to be seen from this eleva tion i was an unintentional listener to all that was said poor fellow he was pleading with all the ardor of youth for her love she listening with downcast eyes and trembling lips to the out pouring of that passionate avowal which had she been true to her heart would have made her hap piness when he paused for an an swer she was silent twice she tried to speak but her tongue refused to perform its functions speak to me !" i heard him say ; speak â€” tell me you are mine and mine alone â€” that my fears are ground less â€” that you do not intend to give yourself to that man for his money oh say i have not been presumptu ous in hoping you love me xo she replied with the calm ness of despair no you have not been presumptuous for edgar i love you at this he started forward his face radiant with love and joy ami would have clasped her to his heart but her stop uttered in chilling tones re pulsed him i have not told you all she con tinued i love you and think this confession is due you yet i intend to do the thing you feared â€” do it tiiat i may free my mother and sisters from the iron clutch of poverty from the pangs of hunger and cold â€” doit that i may escape the daily heart-ache of knowing their condition edgar do not judge mc harshly â€” here her voice broke down â€” do not think his wealth would repay tne for all i lose in giving you np for iny heart is wrung with anguish if i had only myself to consider a life with you would be my crowning joy â€” without you i shall never be happy except in trying to make others so in vain he tried to convince her that her mother would never let her make this sacrifice she will never know it was her reply then he told her of the great wrong she was doing herself and him â€” noth ing could change her decision let me kiss you only once before wc part my darling for you are mine though you marry that other it cannot be she said ; it would be wronging the man i must marry but their hands were clasped and the eyes of each poured iloods of love into the soul ofthe other 1 left them my heart very sorrow ful for these two who with hearts united must live their lives apart the lovers were the last to reach home mr vance could not be in duced to enter the house and left for the city by the next train all is over with vance pour fel low some one remarked just then 1 saw a very satisfied look il ish into mr clair's face mabel who had gone directly to her room came down to tea looking a trifle paler but in other respects the same as usual again she and mr clair went out into the moonlight when she came in a handsome diamond sparkled on her finger and i knew her doom was sealed sept â€” i bave been too sad recent j iy to write for it is heartrending to ! see this girl trying to conceal her sor ; row she succeeded well bnt i who , have had a glance behind the scenes , \ can see the mighty effort she is mak ing she has certainly made mr clair happy his whole heart seems to be : given her and his devotion is rare october â€” the family have return ! ed to their city home and mabel i.s married she insisted that thc mar ! riage should take place from her ; mother's humble home everything was done in the most quiet manner : it was her desire that it shotid be so she has returned from her bridal tour and when i took the little girls i to see cousin mabel to whom they ' art devoted i found her surrounded : by every luxury which wealth could procure and which love delights to lavish upon its beloved she has ac complished her end the day after their marriage her husband settled an annuity on mrs clayton which lifts her far above pressing wants but i.s the woman who bartered her loye for gold happy ? remember when you judge her that it was not for herself she did this thing but for others mr vance is rapidly advancing in his profession and will soon rank among our first lawyers if she had only waited news items seymour on the third term during the day governor seymour strayed into the main vestibule of bragg's hotel and was conversed with for a few minutes by your correspondent the distinguished gentleman looked remarkably well but could not be drawn into political discussion he evidently wished to tight shy of the en tangling alliances of party warfare agri cull ure the wonderful growth of the uni ted states and kindnd topics was discus sed with the eloquence so characteristic of the ex-governor but the trouble of the democratic party or the remedies to be ap plied seemed to be a forbidden ground upon which he did not care to enter he made the assertion however that the democrats were likely to wait and ascertain what their opponents were likely to do before taking the aggressive in the national campaign and also expressed the opinion that harmony and union would soon be brought about he also asserted that the republicans did not want a positive man in the presidential chair the history of the organization hav ing proved that fact conclusively while dealing with such a point it might be infer red from the governor's remarks that he did not look upon the ex-president's chances ofa third nomination as being at all bright the republicans being likely to take up a candidate that would harmonize and suit all classes and factions within their ranks the strong-man idea received at his hands a castigation in the remark the people must control the government and not the government the people business interest is the great lever that guides the country and dictates the policy wc have more talent and genious in the united states now than in any country on the face oft he globe alluding to the political history of the ex president he said i the ex-president was i democrat and voted for buchanan for president albany dispatch to the n y herald grant has illinois too wash correspondent rleuinond dispatch the information received here from il linois by other republicans besides cen logan is to the effect that graut has se cured the machinery in that state as he did pennsylvania and xew york aud his friends really talk as if they were certain of his nomination while democrats who have been afraid thai blaine with his im mense personal popularity would win at chicago are highly gratified at the situa tion they assert t hat grant can never get the german vote while sherman or blaine can and that hence grant can be more easily beaten than anybody else â€” many lhoughtf.il democrat and anti grant republicans however profess to see tr able in his candidacy and some go so far as to say that it means revolution for that wether elected or defeated he will seek to take possession ol thc white house voice of thk people â€” during our recent trip to fayetteville curiosity led us to ascertain the opinion of thc people with whom we came in contact ou the ; question of the sale of the western n c railroad from raleigh to fayetteville and retain we did noi meet a man who was not in favor of selling or giving away the road at fayetteville we found the same feeling sheriff hardie an intelli gent painstaking officer informed us that for some time pas lie had canvassed the qnestion amongst all classes and found bat one man opposed to the rale and this is the general experience of gentle men with whom we daily converse the state jouriud 1 the southern home publishes the foi | i lowing letter : john hopkins uxivf.rsitv baltimore md feb l lt*?o the university now in its fourth year has 150 students one half of whom have i graduated elsewhere thirty-nine ainer j icau colleges and seven foreign universi ties the universities of france london heidleberg leipsic and gottiugen being included are represented by graduate student howard lnis the largest repre ! sentation live then yale university of ! virginia and davidson come next with four each among undergraduates thero i is a student from bingham's aud one from the hillsboro military academy finan cially the university is absolutely inde pendent having together with the hop kins hospital seven millions twenty | fellowships f$500 are awarded annually to enable students to prosecute their stud ies here these are not confined to mem bers of the university but are open to i the world one of the fellows is a lady from vassar who mirdbile dicta is iu the mathematical department a russian and a jap also hold fellowship besides the students mentioned quite a number of students from tlic two medical colleges situated here attend the lectures on l'.i ology and seven medical doctors are en j rolled as full members several courses of lectures are delivered each year in â€¢ hopkins hall under the auspices of the j university the subjects of which vary from the structure of the crab and < ys ster to sanscrit hymns yours respecfully w s moore the bankrupt law the sub-com mittee of the house committee on tlio judiciary to whom was referred for in vestigation and report the subject of a national bankrupt law are hearing sugges tionsas tothe featuresof the proposed law some of these are that the lawshould be as compared with the former law â€” more simple in its machinery more uniform in its operation and lessexpensivetotho.se availing themselves of its provisions a further suggestion was made that certain acts should be made to constitute a prima facie case of fraud and that the burden of proof should be changed from the cred itor to the debtor the subject of home stead exemption was discussed and the point made that in many states the ex emption covered so huge an amount that creditors wero virtually powerless to col lect debts the better law for us all is that when a man makes a debt there will be no discharge except by its pay ment or compromise with the creditor trouble at the virginia military institute â€” a special from richmond va says that information has just been received there of the dismissal of 17 stu dents from the virginia military institute at lexington for disobedience of orders and for breaking arrest the dismissed students had requested gen francis ii smith the superintendent to grant them an additional suspension from duty to enable them to prepare for examination in descriptive geography which he re fused is he was on the point of leaving for staunton on a business visit the students refused to obey the commandant of tlic institute iu the superintendent's absence and were dismissed upon his re turn a few of the class declined to join the rebellion and three or four of those who did returned to duty the superin tendent had issued an order in the interest of discipline set i ing forth the facts in the whole affair the mutiny began on the j uh and the dissmissals followed prompt iy colored jurors washington march j a decision ivas rendered in the su preme court of the united states this af ternoon in the case of taylor strander plaintiff in error vs the state of west virginia the question involved was the constitutionality of the a^t of the wesl virginia legislature laws of iv 73 chap 17 excluding colored citizens from jury service in the courts of that state this court holds that when a colored cit izen is tried for his life by a jury from which citizens of his own race are by a state statute expressly ex hided he is de nied the equal protection of law guaran teed by the third clause of the 14th amend ment to the constitution and that the slate statute denying him such right is repugnant t said constitutional provis ion the judgment of the supreme court of appeals of west virginia is reversed justice strong delivered the opinion jus tices field and clifford dissenting a trippi.e marriage white water wis february 2'a twenty-seven years j ago on thursday there were horn into ! the family of wm marshall of this city j tripplets two boys and a girl all three j were married 011 thursday night in one ! ceremony by the rev g w wells and ' the three happy couples took the train for chicago dirt has been broken and the founda tion partly laid for the large cotton fac tory now under construction by the messrs oates of this city we rejoiceto see such improvements going np it ar ( gnes well for tbe future f charlotte and will give bread and employment to our idle poor southern home a valuable stone corundum mines in tlio south north carolina takes tlio lead sdi dtlflc am rican the name corunduni is applied to all crystal ize.l alumina it is the hardest mineral in the world except the diamond and when in the crystalline form ami transparent constitutes the oriental gems the sapphire ruby emerald topaz etc which are of great value sonic even ex ceeding the diamond because they aro more rare it is used for abrasive pur poses but as yet i sufficient quantity baa never been found in this country to take the place of emery it is much harder than emery performing the work iu less time corunduni occurs in the great crysolite belt extending from the southern part of virginia to middle alabama passing in a southwesterly direction through tho mountainous portion of north carolina in thc southwestern counties in the xan tahala range of mountains cue of the spurs of the bine ridge and laying on either side of buck creek a tributary of the tennessee at an elevation of from three to four thousand feet i i he so-called cullakenee corundum mine which has been considered tin huge deposit of co rundum in this country it covers an i area of three hundred acres this mine was purchased in april 1879 hy herman behr & co and bus been worked since may with whal success is not reported in macon county x (_'., on the western slope of the bine ridge at an elevation of about twenty-five hundred feet is co rundum hill formerly know as the cul lasagee mine this mine was discovered in i872jit was afterwards purchased by e 15 ward and worked for eighteen months l.y foi ('. w jenks of boston rumor says that gems of exceeding great value were taken out in inly 1878 this mine was purchased by i>r ii s lucas for the hampden emery company of chester mass they commenced mining august 20th and up to the present time they have taken out two hundred tons of corunduni ; also in washing some of tho dumps left there when worked by col jenks were found many fragments of tho oriental gem perfectly transparent aud of very great brilliancy among these i : an emerald weighing 0 carats and sev eral rubies ofthe fines color in the eastern part of jackson county xorth carolina at the foot of one of tho highest peaks of the blue ridge is what i.s termed the hog back mine this mine w;is operated for a limited season by tho hampden emery company northwest of the pigeon in haywood county xorth caroliua is still another deposit of corundum called the presley mine which has been worked since one year ago hist march in madison and near the buncombe county line iu the same state i.s an out cropping of chrysolite carrying corun duni which covers an erea of seventy-five acres and has been worked for the i lump den emery company forthe past season deposits of corunduni are also found in south carolina georgia and alabama a spark from a passing engine ignited a bale of cotton on the platform of the x 7 railroad on wednesday and a num ber of others soon caught but the burn ing cotton w;is rolled oil and the spread of the lire prevented though a strong wind was blow ing at the time thero was considerable excitement especially among those who remembered the conflag ration i few years ago which originated iit that place and destroyed 1.500 bales of cotton and a number of houses the southern home john burroughs in the march number of scribner says it is a fact in the natural history of il.e eountry that in tho south birds run more id beak and claw and in the west t tail than they do iu the north and east the beak and claw i take ii mean ferocity mean bowie knives and the ku kluz and th tail i im loth to say inc,.m bray the west is windy and the south is fierce and hot tiik sam i rn oi maiikiage the re cent encyclical of i'ope leo xiii against div uce is apparently exciting a profound reactionary sentiment in favor of the in dissoluble sanctity of marriage through out the entire christian world several emin ni protestaul divines of different denominations indorse its positions strcn j uously and pere hyacintlie stoutly advo cates it marriage he eloquently and truly savs i the full and perfect union of mau and woman ideal marriages are rare even impossible nevertheless wo must strive to tend toward il.e ideal-mar i riage this should imply love and puri i ty as twin flowers upon one stem all true love hopes and promises eternity clearly then indissolubility is the law of human uature i nity or monogamy des pite the corruptions of sail lake and the ' degradation of lower civilizations is also j i natural law it is necessary loth dig nity of woman aud inseparable from mar i'hige humanity is never bo beautiful as when ' praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another oliver wi ad ii holmes calls a kiss lisping consonant he should have add ed alse that it usually follows a row el - ditroit fret presi